It's time...

by Molechaser on May 7, 2006 3:36 PM CDT

It's time to realize the Cubs won't win the World Series this year. It's time to realize the Cubs won't win the Series next year. It's time to stop calling for Dusty's head and looking for the big trade. It's time to realize that the Cubs can't win the World Series--ever--because they're a minor league team.

Of course, they're not really a minor league team. They play in the National League, the most major of major leagues. But perhaps it's time that we started treating the Cubs as a minor league team. With minor league baseball, no one hangs on every pitch, no one rejoices too terribly in a win, no one is too awfully sorrowed by a loss. People just enjoy baseball in a more pure form.

It's time for us to abandon whatever expectations we have for the Cubs. Go to the games, watch the games on TV, whatever. Enjoy the little things that the Cubs--sometimes--do right. It's time to appreciate the games for their leisurely pace. It's time to relish the traditions and rituals that draw each of us to the game. It's time to languish in the ebb and flow of a 162-game season. In short, it's time to treat the Cubs like a minor league team and just enjoy baseball for the sake of baseball.

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I'm already a minor league fan

I refuse to have the same expectations for a $100M payroll team.

What does not kill you makes you stronger.

by Pa on May 7, 2006 5:10 PM CDT reply actions

Next year?

Why give up on next year? Not things don't look good at this point, and any hope I have (which I do have) is admittedly tied to the fan side of my brain, not the rational side. But... Why on Earth would you say the Cubs don't have a chance for next year? The reason this team is frustrating right now is because they are playing below where they can and should be playing! Man, when cub fans can't even look forward to next year...

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on May 7, 2006 6:18 PM CDT reply actions

Ever?

I'm 16. It's too early to ruin my Cubs fan life.

Cubbie Blue always sPaRkLes in my eyes.

by sparkles721 on May 7, 2006 6:30 PM CDT reply actions

Absolutely Not

I appreciate your furstration with the way the team has played, but even if it were possible to void yourself of all passion towards baseball and the Cubs, would you really want to? I wouldn't care if the team loses 100 games this year and finishes last in the Central if say, Marshall threw a no-no or Cedeno finished around .300/20/80. Because as a Cub fan I have to believe in Hope. For all of the upside down seasons and underachieving teams, it is still worth watching every game and hoping that sometime soon the planets will align for that magical season.

Watching baseball in it's purest form is as easy as walking 3 blocks down the street to the local sandlot and watching the kids play. But don't ask me to change the color I bleed.

Chicks dig the long ball

by Will23 on May 7, 2006 6:37 PM CDT reply actions

hope

i'll quote another movie...

"Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And a good thing never dies. "

More often than not there is no good reason to believe that this is gonna be the year that the Cubs win it all. If the Cubs having a legitimate shot at winning it all going into the season, there would have been very few seasons that I would have even bothered turning on the set. What keeps myself, and I am assuming most of the other people who post on this board coming back, is hope. I hope that they can turn things around. It's still early. I hope they can give me a reason to watch baseball late into the season and maybe even play baseball on my birthday. (10/24) Above all else, I hope to one day see the my signature line come true...

AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike @ Bleed Cubbie Blue on May 7, 2006 7:49 PM CDT reply actions